Gammel, god: Cover-up or Complicity of the Bush Administration?
Posted by Anders den april 2, 2008
Michel Chossudovsky: Cover-up or Complicity of the Bush Administration? The Role of Pakistan’s Military Intelligence (ISI) in the September 11 Attacks
Two days after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, a delegation led by the head of Pakistan’s military intelligence agency (ISI) Lt. Gen. Mahmoud Ahmed, was in Washington for high level talks at the State Department.[1]
Most US media conveyed the impression that Islamabad had put together a delegation at Washington’s behest, and that the invitation to the meeting had been transmitted to the Pakistan government “after” the tragic events of September 11. But this is not what happened!
Pakistan’s chief spy Lt. General Mahmoud Ahmad “was in the US when the attacks occurred.”[2] According to the New York Times, “he happened to be here on a regular visit of consultations.”[3]
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What was the nature of these routine “consultations”? Were they in any way related to the subsequent “post-September 11 consultations” pertaining to Pakistan’s decision to cooperate with Washington, held behind closed doors at the State Department on September 12 and 13? Was the planning of war being discussed between Pakistani and US officials?
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